The birth of Moses was no ordinary event. According to the ancient chronicles preserved in Jerahmeel and the writings of Josephus, the arrival of Israel's greatest prophet was preceded by signs, wonders, and a desperate act of royal violence.
Pharaoh's astrologers had long watched the stars with growing unease. One night, they rushed to the palace with terrifying news: a child was about to be born among the Hebrews who would overthrow the kingdom of Egypt, shatter its gods, and lead the slaves to freedom. Pharaoh's face went pale. He issued his infamous decree — every newborn Hebrew boy was to be thrown into the Nile.
But Amram, the father of Moses, was the most righteous man of his generation. When the decree came down, Amram divorced his wife Jochebed, reasoning that it was better to have no children than to feed them to the river. All of Israel followed his example. It was his own daughter, Miriam, who rebuked him. "Father," she said, "your decree is worse than Pharaoh's. Pharaoh decreed only against the boys, but you have decreed against the boys and the girls."
Amram remarried Jochebed, and the child was conceived. The moment Moses was born, the entire house filled with light — a radiance so powerful it was visible through the walls. Jochebed hid the infant for three months, but when she could hide him no longer, she wove a basket of reeds, sealed it with pitch, and set it upon the waters of the Nile (Exodus 2:3). The rest belongs to history.